[Android Apps and Games] segelfreak2:
NoLED feature request

Hello.

I'm a big fan of NoLED and I'm using it now for several month. By the way: I even donated some money for this great development. It's really worth this! And because I'm such a big fan of NoLED I would like to participate to help making NoLED even better.

Therefore I have a feature request for upcoming versions of NoLED:

(For me) one drawback of NoLED is the battery usage when constantly displaying Messages. This is because preventing the phone to enter the deep sleep state. So the phone is idling at the deepest frequency all the time to display the notification icons, which is using much more battery power than the deep sleep state (in which the icons could not be displayed as the display is off, I know that, but later more on this). This also belongs to the blinking option, so this is not an alternative for me as on a Amoled display it is using as much power as without blinking (because the display nearly consumes no power at all, but the processor is still not in deep sleep state). Also it is no alternative to discard the messages after a given time period to allow the phone again a deep sleep state. Unfortunately this isn't an option for me, because then I would not need NoLED if I'm loosing all the notifications after a given period.

So I think the best would be an additional switch to allow entering the deep sleep state after the default display/screenlock timeout of android. So a possible sequence of events could be like this:

1) Phone not in use

2) Phone enters deep sleep mode (standby) after the display+screenlock timeout and NoLED kicks in

3) A new message is coming in

4) NoLED wakes the phone and displays the notification icons on the screen

-------- so far it is working fine right now --------

5) After the normal display+screenlock timeout (defined in the android phone settings) the phone deactivates the display again and enters again the deep sleep mode. No more notification icons are displayed.

6) When pressing the HOME button, the notification icons are displayed again until again the display/screenlock timeout kicks in and the phone enters again the deep sleep state [ Note that for this to work the HOME button must not be assigned to the "discard notifications" option! ]

7) When pressing the assigned "notification discard button" during the notification icons are displayed and before the display/screenlock timeout kick in, the lockscreen (for example the pattern locker) is displayed

8) You can now unlock the phone and use it again, or after a certain time the default display/screenlock timeout kicks in again, the phone enters again deep sleep and you will again continue at point Nr. 6)

In my eyes this would be a very good solution to allow the phone to enter the deep sleep mode again, even if there are new messages. Nevertheless it is possible to have a quick look if there are any new messages by simply pressing the HOME button. If there are no new messages or you do not like to look at the messages this time the phone enters again the deep sleep mode without discarding the message notifications. If possible also a user defined timeout (similar to the "discard timeout") which replaces the systems display/screenlock timeout would be a nice addon. This way you could display the notifications for 30Minutes until entering the deep sleep mode, even if the default display+screenlock timeout in the normal state is for example 15 seconds.

So, I hope that you also like this proposal. It would be a pleasure to see such an "Allow deep sleep state" and perhaps an "Deep Sleep timeout" option in upcoming releases.

Best regards,

Chris

(Testing device: SGS II)